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Dynein-related polypeptides in pollen and pollen tubes

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Microtubules in pollen tubes are evident within the vegetative and generative cell cytoplasm. This observation led to the formulation of several hypotheses regarding the role of microtubules in cytoplasmic movement and the migration of the vegetative nucleus/generative cell along the pollen tube. The study of microtubular motor proteins in pollen tubes followed the discovery and characterization of an immunoreactive homolog of mammalian kinesin in tobacco pollen tubes. Recent identification of dynein-related polypeptides in pollen tubes ofNicotiana tabacum and pollen ofGinkgo biloba is a significant step in the definition of the role of microtubule function within pollen and pollen tubes.

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  1. Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Università degli Studie di Siena, Via P.A. Mattioli 4, 1-53100, Siena, Italy

    Alessandra Moscatelli, Giampiero Cai & Mauro Cresti

  2. College of Biological Science, Beijing Agricultural University, 100094, Beijing, China

    Guo-Qin Liu

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo De Lellis, Viterbo, Italy

    Antonio Tiezzi

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Moscatelli, A., Cai, G., Liu, GQ. et al. Dynein-related polypeptides in pollen and pollen tubes. Sexual Plant Reprod 9, 312–317 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441948

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